Professor Anthony McEnery (University of Lancaster, UK), Dr Helen Baker (University of Lancaster, UK)
Corpus linguistics has much to offer history, being as both disciplines engage so heavily in analysis of large amounts of textual material.
This book demonstrates the opportunities for exploring corpus linguistics as a method in historiography and the humanities and social sciences more generally. Focussing on the topic of prostitution in 17th-century England, it shows how corpus methods can assist in social research, and can be used to deepen our understanding and comprehension.
McEnery and Baker draw principally on two sources - the newsbook Mercurius Fumigosis and the Early...
Corpus linguistics has much to offer history, being as both disciplines engage so heavily in analysis of large amounts of textual material.
Professor Anthony McEnery (University of Lancaster, UK), Dr Dana Gablasova, Dr Vaclav Brezina (Senior Research Associate
This volume showcases original, agenda-setting studies in the field of learner corpus research of both spoken and written production. The studies have important applications for classroom pedagogy.
The volume brings readers up-to-date with new written and spoken learner corpora, often looking at previously under-examined variables in learner corpus investigations. It also demonstrates innovative applications of learner corpus findings, addressing issues such as the effect of task, the effect of learner variables and the nature of learner language.
The volume is of significant...
This volume showcases original, agenda-setting studies in the field of learner corpus research of both spoken and written production. The studies h...
